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@dear-massacre / dear-massacre.tumblr.com

Alex. 33. Enby. She/her. Multi-fandom, but mostly Teen Wolf at this point. Aconitehart on AO3. Previously sw0rdkind

When I tell you that I have read fanfic characterizations so OOC that they'd classify as an original character, trust me I have read THOUSANDS. But you know what I don't do? :) Tell the author of those fanfics that they might as well classify that character as an original character if they're going to write them like one. Because that's fucking rude. People don't owe you your preferred characterizations. The back button is free.

You can always do what I do folks. Start reading, realize mid page it isn't for me and exit the fic. It's so simple! And you get bonus points because you're not acting like an asshole:)

I recently started adding junk journal pages to my bullet journal as a way to catalog my life and what I get up to each month. So here's a lil peak at my life โœจ

back again encouraging people to start using the hobby stuff they've been acquiring for years

reasons to start can include:

  • the hobby industry wants only for us to keep buying and never use, so using the stuff pushes back
  • some hobby items do not survive long term storage
  • if there's some craft or hobby thing that you want to do but feel your skills aren't up to, consider that those skills won't improve if you don't practice on other things
  • using it allows it to move from the hobby hoard to the [whatever you made it into] hoard, where you may be more likely to enjoy it more often than just when you specifically look at the hobby hoard
  • making things is good for the brain

curious to see what other reasons people might add

Me trying to persuade myself to use the foamboard I've been "saving for a special occasion" ๐Ÿ˜…

I wouldn't be encouraging people to use the hobby stuff they've been acquiring for years if I hadn't personally started using the hobby stuff I've been acquiring for years, and found out it felt pretty good, actually XD

So, I know exactly how it feels to be saving that thing for something special

and also how--for me--it normally ends up feeling pretty special to use it at all

Not always, though! there will inevitably be hobby projects that don't go the way you expected. I have learned (and am still learning) to acknowledge that nothing's perfect and mistakes happen and then move on to the next project.

While it's true that you can never mess up a project if you never do it, that also keeps you from making the things you end up having fun with and loving, doesn't it?

Anonymous asked:

How do you post many chapters or stories at ao3 at a time?

Honestly I feel like Iโ€™m so slow lmao. But with chapters fics, I wait until I have 3 chapters written before I start posting. Then I do one chapter a week.

With PWPs, I usually post those as soon as theyโ€™re done.

With Blood on Your Teeth is different, I wrote all of that in like 4 or 5 months and then posted it all at once!

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